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Many disaster victims require intervention at the level of the individual, the family, a small group, or the school, as described in earlier chapters in this book. However, certain disasters are so enormous in scope that they require communitywide intervention. Federally funded agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Guard, as well as nonprofit relief groups such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, have been trained in disaster preparedness, particularly in recognition of the physical and financial need to reach hundreds, even thousands, of families after a large-scale disaster.
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Joyner, C.D., Swenson, C.C. (1993). Community-Level Intervention after a Disaster. In: Saylor, C.F. (eds) Children and Disasters. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4766-9_12
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